Electric apparatus



A. T. BOLTAS.

ELECTRIC APPARATUS.

APPLiCATlON FILED AUG.I9. 1919.

Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

S'E'ES PATENT FFlQE.

ANTHONY T. BOLTAS, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

ELECTRIC APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. if), 192@.

Application filed August 19, 1919. Serial No. 318,609.

ful Improvements in Electric Apparatus,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus for producing or stimulating rain fall by the coaction of the atmospheric electricity and machine made electricity connected to act in conjunction with static charges in the earth.

An object of the invention is to provide electrical discharge means so mounted that the position thereof may be changed according to the direction of travel of atmospheric currents so that a greater action may be accomplished between my machine and the atmospheric electricity.

An object of the invention is to provide an apparatus by means of which current may be discharged into the air and besides bring about coaction between the electricity of the earth and that traveling in the air.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be better understood from the following detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the wheel.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the wheel.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view.

Referring to the drawing illustrating one of the many forms in which myinvention may be constructed the numeral 1 designates a tower or-platform upon which is mounted the turning table 2. This turn table 2 rotaturn directly secured to the shaft. Bearing.

upon the ring 7 is a brush 10 forming one terminal for the conductor 11 in whlch is arranged a source of current 12. The other terminal of this conductor is connected to a plate 13 that is embedded in the earth.

It is of course to be understood that if found necessary in practice or is advantageous the source of current may be dispensed with and the static charge of theearth relied on to discharge current into or receive current from the air. It is of course to be understood that to bring about the discharge from the rods the potential difference between the atmospheric electricity and the charge of the earth must be great enough to overcome resistance. As soon as the proper dicharge takes place and I the potential difference is about neutral rain fall will be produced.

What I claim is 1. An electric apparatus comprising a tower, a discharge wheel supported thereby and means for driving and feeding current to said. wheel.

2. An electric ap aratus comprising a tower, a discharge wlieel supported thereby and provided with numerous discharge points and means for driving and feeding current to said wheel.

3. An electric apparatus comprising a tower, a discharge wheel supported thereby and provided with numerous discharge points and means for driving and feeding current to said wheel, and a turn table for the wheel whereby the position thereof may be changed according to the direction of travel of the electrified air.

4. An electric apparatus comprising a tower, a turn table mounted thereon, a shaft rotatably supported by the turn table, means for rotating the shaft and a wheel supported In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ANTHONY T. BOLTAS. 

